Former Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths insists he'll contemplate a transfer overseas in a bid to reignite his profession.
The 31-year-old opened as much as Mail Sport final weekend about his gruelling boxing classes as he hopes to rewrite the script amid woes on and off the pitch. Griffiths was a star for Celtic and Scotland however his profession has spiralled in current instances however he's hell-bent to come back again stronger after combating Dundee and Falkirk final season.
The person who could not cease scoring solely bagged 5 objectives within the final marketing campaign, which featured stints in a Premiership relegation battle and struggles in League One. And now the person himself insists nothing is off the desk in his seek for his subsequent membership. Talking on Sportsound, he stated: "Proper now I actually don't know. There might be cut up opinion of 'is my profession completed, do I must drop down leagues or can I nonetheless lower it on the highest stage?'
"For me, I can nonetheless lower it on the highest stage, I absolutely consider that, and it is about getting that probability to show myself once more. I've stored saying over time, however I want preserve proving myself to individuals who preserve doubting me, there appears these days there's increasingly. However no person might be extra thrilled to do it than me, however it's about getting that probability and a supervisor who absolutely believes I can nonetheless lower it.
"Proper now, it's a must to take a look at each possibility, it is a canine eat canine world on the market, everyone seems to be combating for contracts and making an attempt to get one of the best membership they'll, and I'm no completely different.
"Plenty of issues have occurred during the last couple of years, golf equipment may not wish to be related to me however I'm simply working as tirelessly as I can and get myself in one of the best form, prepared to enter no matter pre-season golf equipment are at. Then it is nearly making an attempt to hit the bottom operating, put a smile again on my face and be on the again web page for all the appropriate causes.
"100 per cent (about going overseas), hopefully my agent, who's working extraordinarily exhausting to get me a membership, whether or not that is right here, overseas, or down in England, that is one thing I've obtained to contemplate massively.
"I am not going to lie, my confidence is decrease than a snakes stomach on the minute and that is as a result of I am seeing folks going again to coaching, taking part in video games, being again amongst altering rooms.
"I am doing my work myself within the fitness center after which watching Sky Sports activities information and seeing everybody again for pre-season.
"Hopefully I can get my confidence again as a result of that is if you see one of the best of me."
And Griffiths fondly recalled his days working below Brendan Rodgers - a supervisor who knew tips on how to get one of the best out of a participant even when he wasn't taking part in each week. The striker admits a sitdown with the now Leicester boss would work wonders for his personal self perception.
He added: "I believe everybody beloved working with him, initially his coaching, at instances, gamers do not wish to stay up for coaching, however every single day he had a brand new concept, everyone was buzzing to get onto the coaching pitch, work with him, and you'll see the soccer we performed in our first two years was excellent.
"However even for those who weren't taking part in and also you'd go see him, and ask why you were not taking part in, you possibly can go in there feeling very low, however you'd come out feeling like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, that is the way you made you are feeling, I am considering 'I am not even taking part in and this man is making me really feel unbelievable', you simply needed to go and win for him."
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